Current Events > Oh my god European chocolate is such a game changer

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Tried this chocolate called Lindt. Its so creamy and soft and just wow. I'm no chocolate snob, snickers is still my favorite chocolate bar, but this chocolate really beats all the other chocolate we've had here right out of the water

American chocolate tastes pretty foul ngl

Noumas posted...

Tried this chocolate called Lindt. Its so creamy and soft and just wow. I'm no chocolate snob, snickers is still my favorite chocolate bar, but this chocolate really beats all the other chocolate we've had here right out of the water

Eat Lindor. Made by the same people and its glorious.

prefer japanese ones, but lindt aint bad.

I think I have a really basic palate, because whenever family friends come over from Belgium, for example, they sometimes bring over chocolate.

and while it's good, and I think it's better than a lot of the stuff you find in the US, it's not that much better, for me.

oh yea, if you haven't tried it, Kinder Bueno is good. you can find it in a lot of grocery stores.

If it doesn't have the lactic tang, it's a novelty at best. Hmph. Harumph. Scoff.

Kakapo posted...

American chocolate tastes pretty foul ngl

Not all of it. Ghirardelli is pretty good. Good enough that they got acquired by a European company some years ago.

Belgian reporting for chocolate duty

It is a well known fact that American candy and chocolate is amongst the worst in the world. Not just my opinion but from everyone outside America who has eaten it.

Here in Britain where I live we do not stuff our chocolate and sweets (candy) with High Froctose Corn Syrup, artificial colourings, preservatives and other crap that the FDA allows in American food and drink or do not put in parafin wax into our chocolate which is what the Americans do as that acts like a congealing agent.

People say that Hersheys makes the worst chocolate on the planet. I agree but in saying that I did like their Dark Chocolate Kisses.

British chocolate is considered amongst the best in the world.

True story for you, In 1993 I was in Kissimmee Folrida and they have a theme park called Old Town. One of the shops there was a British shop that sold things to do with Britain including British food and drink. So I bought myself a Mars Galaxy (Dove to you Americans) and it was sheer unadulterated pleasure. After two weeks of eating Americas crap pathetic chocolate that Galaxy was paradise. I took my time and savoured it.

g0ldie posted...

I think I have a really basic palate, because whenever family friends come over from Belgium, for example, they sometimes bring over chocolate.

and while it's good, and I think it's better than a lot of the stuff you find in the US, it's not that much better, for me.

oh yea, if you haven't tried it, Kinder Bueno is good. you can find it in a lot of grocery stores.

The way that chocolate is made in America causes butyric acid to form in the chocolate (it is safe, so don't worry about that). If you are used to eating American chocolate then it will mostly be lost flavor-wise, but if you aren't then it being one of the major acids that comes up when you vomit causes the mental connection and thus the taste. In that way American chocolate is an acquired taste, it's just one that you grow to dislike if you don't have it rather than a more standard one that you like more as your taste buds develop.

Does the US not have Lindt? It's a pretty big brand here in Australia.

They have some cool flavours too.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/7/9/AACT2jAADuQH.jpg

ellis123 posted...

but if you aren't then it being one of the major acids that comes up when you vomit causes the mental connection and thus the taste.

I think at some point, something along these lines happened, lol.

but I guess tbf, outside of ice cream & milkshakes, I haven't been a chocolate person in a while.

CassandraCroft posted...

So I bought myself a Mars Galaxy (Dove to you Americans)

Mars is American FYI

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/8/0/AAOChCAADuQI.jpg

these series of lindt is nice.

American chocolate is way too bitter for me. Maybe I'm biased but British chocolate is the best in the world. Americans, please try some if you can - you won't go back.

Trelve posted...

American chocolate is way too bitter for me. Maybe I'm biased but British chocolate is the best in the world. Americans, please try some if you can - you won't go back.

I've had British chocolate.

Italian, Belgian, Swedish, and German >>>>>>>>>>>

Kakapo posted...

American chocolate tastes pretty foul ngl

smells like vomit too.

Punished_Blinx posted...

Does the US not have Lindt? It's a pretty big brand here in Australia.

They have some cool flavours too.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/7/9/AACT2jAADuQH.jpg

they have MANGO lindor?? fuck

never had the mango one. Love the strawberries and cream though

Tyranthraxus posted...

Mars is American FYI

Mars has headquarters and factories in Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars,_Incorporated#Mars_Food_UK_Limited

In 1932 Forrest Mars Sr opened what was then the European branch of Mars.

Mars UK has launched many brands which were later brought over to the US for instance Twix and Skittles.

Please do some research before criticizing someone.

Why does American chocolate taste bad anyway? Is it because capitalism? It always seems like everyone else has great food and here I am eating my McRubble sandwich.

BloodMoon7 posted...

Why does American chocolate taste bad anyway? Is it because capitalism? It always seems like everyone else has great food and here I am eating my McRubble sandwich.

less sugar, and something to do with the milk makes it stink.

it always tastes like chocolate thats going off..

I never cared for Lindt tbh. Like it's good, but it's just chocolate. I'm more of a Ghirardelli person.

Kimbos_Egg posted...

less sugar, and something to do with the milk makes it stink.

it always tastes like chocolate thats going off..

But this is America. If anything, it should have triple sugar and you get diabeetus from one bite. Where did we mess up our chocolate so badly

CassandraCroft posted...

Mars has headquarters and factories in Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars,_Incorporated#Mars_Food_UK_Limited

In 1932 Forrest Mars Sr opened what was then the European branch of Mars.

Mars UK has launched many brands which were later brought over to the US for instance Twix and Skittles.

Please do some research before criticizing someone.

I'm just saying they're American which is correct.

Haribo is German even though they make Gold Bears for America.

BloodMoon7 posted...

But this is America. If anything, it should have triple sugar and you get diabeetus from one bite. Where did we mess up our chocolate so badly

World is backwards at times.

I think you americans have some weird requirement to use corn syrup in most things? Or some shit..

Kimbos_Egg posted...

World is backwards at times.

I think you americans have some weird recruitment to use corn syrup in most things? Or some shit..

Capitalism syrup.

BloodMoon7 posted...

Why does American chocolate taste bad anyway? Is it because capitalism? It always seems like everyone else has great food and here I am eating my McRubble sandwich.

Honestly I think it's mostly a culture thing. For whatever reason chocolate isn't as big of a thing in the US as it is in other countries. Which yeah leads to the cheaper stuff and designs with the longest potential shelf life being the most popular.

When I was in the US I was really surprised at the chocolate bar section in grocery stores. It's mostly peanut related stuff!

Kimbos_Egg posted...

World is backwards at times.

I think you americans have some weird recruitment to use corn syrup in most things? Or some shit..

There's no requirement it's just cheaper than cane sugar. Most people can't tell the difference if it's baked into something.

Any big name chocolate brand just doesn't do it for me anymore.

Small batch single origin all the way, yes I will die on this hill.

BloodMoon7 posted...

But this is America. If anything, it should have triple sugar and you get diabeetus from one bite. Where did we mess up our chocolate so badly

As I mentioned: it's the butyric acid. In terms of most everything else American chocolate isn't actually all that different than the alternatives (well, "normal" ones to be compared like British... it is *very* different when compared to, say, Pilipino chocolate). No matter what you do so long as the acid exists people who aren't acutely used to it being in chocolate will immediately notice its presence.

Noumas posted...

Tried this chocolate called Lindt. Its so creamy and soft and just wow. I'm no chocolate snob, snickers is still my favorite chocolate bar, but this chocolate really beats all the other chocolate we've had here right out of the water

Glad to hear, that you liked it ^^

I'm Swiss and yeah, we're known for making great chocolate. Lindt is my favourite manufacturer :-)

gu-gohan posted...

Glad to hear, that you liked it ^^

I'm Swiss and yeah, we're known for making great chocolate. Lindt is my favourite manufacturer :-)

Oh man you're reminding me of this Swiss white chocolate bar I had once that was fucking delicious I can't remember the name.

Guylian sea shells are heaven

Foppe posted...

Guylian sea shells are heaven

Yessssssssssssss

ellis123 posted...

As I mentioned: it's the butyric acid. In terms of most everything else American chocolate isn't actually all that different than the alternatives (well, "normal" ones to be compared like British... it is *very* different when compared to, say, Pilipino chocolate). No matter what you do so long as the acid exists people who aren't acutely used to it being in chocolate will immediately notice its presence.

Hasn't it long been rumored that Hershey's uses off date milk in its chocolate recipe?

Duh!

Lindt/Lindor is pretty amazing. You should try the dark chocolate they do.

I can honestly say that I've hated every American chocolate bar I've tried (not in terms of brands, like Mars, which has a huge factory here in the UK), but as in chocolate that was physically made in the US. The texture and flavour is just... off.

That said, it's only the really big mass-manufactured stuff like Hershey's that rocks up in our import shop, so we probably only get the worst stuff over here so it's not really a fair judgement. I'd probably find stuff I liked if I actually visited America.

EyeWontBeFooled posted...

Hasn't it long been rumored that Hershey's uses off date milk in its chocolate recipe?

I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if such a rumor existed but I can guarantee that the method that is used that causes the acid to form is *vastly* more important. As in, if you bought a cow, raised it until it gave you milk, and then used that milk to make chocolate it would still have the exact same sort of problem as Hershey's does (ignoring the fact that, you know, the rest of your chocolate would probably not be cheap and thus dramatically better to the American palate ~.~) if you did not change the methods of how Hershey's makes its chocolate in the first place.

You are correct about the problem being in the milk, however, as that is where the formation happens. It is also why some store bought milk is extremely sour even if it hasn't gone bad as the process is specifically used in America due to the milk in question having to travel over large distances and be stored for lengthy periods.

EyeWontBeFooled posted...

Hasn't it long been rumored that Hershey's uses off date milk in its chocolate recipe?

There's nothing wrong with off date milk that's properly pasteurized.

That said.....

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/9/4/AARLwzAADuQW.jpg

lindt seasalt and caramel blocks are the ones I keep coming back to. Those and kinder bueno bars

I love chocolate and eating chocolate

Slaya4 posted...

I never cared for Lindt tbh. Like it's good, but it's just chocolate. I'm more of a Ghirardelli person.

Damn it, now I'm going to have to get some peppermint bark.

I like Reese Peanut Butter Cups but I suppose that's not because of the chocolate lol

Kakapo posted...

American chocolate tastes pretty foul ngl

Depends on the brand. Those giant companies like mars, nestle, and hersheys shouldn't even be considered chocolate imo. So nasty.

tamagucci posted...

Depends on the brand. Those giant companies like mars, nestle, and hersheys shouldn't even be considered chocolate imo. So nasty.

Nestle isn't American thankfully. Europeans are to blame for that fucking blight on the world for once.

CassandraCroft posted...

It is a well known fact that American candy and chocolate is amongst the worst in the world. Not just my opinion but from everyone outside America who has eaten it.

Here in Britain where I live we do not stuff our chocolate and sweets (candy) with High Froctose Corn Syrup, artificial colourings, preservatives and other crap that the FDA allows in American food and drink or do not put in parafin wax into our chocolate which is what the Americans do as that acts like a congealing agent.

People say that Hersheys makes the worst chocolate on the planet. I agree but in saying that I did like their Dark Chocolate Kisses.

British chocolate is considered amongst the best in the world.

True story for you, In 1993 I was in Kissimmee Folrida and they have a theme park called Old Town. One of the shops there was a British shop that sold things to do with Britain including British food and drink. So I bought myself a Mars Galaxy (Dove to you Americans) and it was sheer unadulterated pleasure. After two weeks of eating Americas crap pathetic chocolate that Galaxy was paradise. I took my time and savoured it.

Yup. High fructose corn syrup is an abomination.

The only thing it belongs in is Dr Pepper. Far better than the Dr Pepper that was released here 25 years ago and contained cane sugar.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Nestle isn't American thankfully. Europeans are to blame for that fucking blight on the world for once.

Oh you right you right

Tyranthraxus posted...

Nestle isn't American thankfully. Europeans are to blame for that fucking blight on the world for once.

Switzerland has always been dodgy tbf

Does nestle make chocolate? I can't think of a brand off the top of my head